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Lord Grayling Excerpts

Wednesday 10th March 2021 Commons Chamber

[The Prime Minister]

We are devoted to levelling up across the entire country, and that goes for Barnsley as well as everywhere else.

[Chris Grayling (Epsom and Ewell) (Con) [V]]

I know that the Prime Minister shares my commitment to conservation around the world, and I am sure he agrees that we have to reverse the tide of deforestation. Will he ask Ministers in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to look seriously at my proposals for a kitemark scheme for food products in the UK, so that consumers can see clearly whether the products they buy come from sustainable sources or from producers who are doing further damage to our environment?

[The Prime Minister]

I am very happy to look at my right hon. Friend’s interesting suggestion for a kitemark scheme. In the meantime, this Government are leading the world in tackling deforestation, with a £3 billion investment being led across Whitehall.